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Sihanoukville Port Plans to List on Stock Exchange in July

by sidet on April 26, 2012

in Businesses

While the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) share price continue to fall yesterday, a second state firm came a step closer to joining it on Cambodia’s nascent stock exchange by announcing plan to register by the end of July.

At a ceremony marking the first day of trading in the PPWSA on the Cambodian Securities Exchange last week, Finance Minister Keat Chhon urged two other public firms—Telecom Cambodia and the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port—to get on with their own long-delayed plans to list.

Yesterday, Lou Kimchhun, the port’s director general, said the firm expected to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) some time in July. [Read full article…]

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